Decades of forgotten research show natural light is an essential nutrient our bodies are being starved of
By A Midwestern Doctor
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
September 19, 2026
Over the years, I have become convinced sunlight is one of the most essential nutrients for the body. For example, as human beings moved further and further north from Africa and had increasingly lower sun exposure, their skin became progressively lighter, something which argues the human body needs light and that the whitening of human skin in the higher latitudes was a protecting mechanism designed to ensure enough of the remaining sunlight could get inside the body.